Magnum Mania!

Little Girl Who

Episode ID: 134
Episode Number: 7.7
Air Date: 11/5/1986
Writer: Deborah Pratt
Director: Ray Austin
Producer: Rick Weaver
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue), Lance LeGault (Col. Buck Greene), Jean Bruce Scott (Lt. Cmdr. Maggie Poole), Soon-Tek Oh (Gen. Nguyen Hue), Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley), Kristen Carreira (Lily Catherine), Faye Cameron (Sister Mary Rose), Andrew Dupree (Buck Greene's Aide)

Guest Stars

Lloyd Kino (Gen. Minh), Roland Nip (Luang), Emme Tomimbang (Newscaster)

Plot Outline

Magnum's fatherly instincts kick in when his ex-wife Michelle goes on the run and leaves him in charge of her little girl.

Rating

9.0 (20 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This watershed episode continues the "Michelle/Magnum" storyline that began in "Memories Are Forever" (2.5 & 2.6) some five years earlier. The storyline will continue on in "Limbo" (7.22) and Season Eight's "Unfinished Business" (8.8). Several flashback shots from Memories Are Forever are used in this episode, as well.

2 The original title of this episode was Little Boy Who. In a later draft, Lily's name was Leah. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

3 Six-year-old Kristen Carreira begins her role as Lily Catherine Hue. She returns again in "Limbo" (7.22) and "Resolutions" (8.12 & 8.13). These MPI episodes are Kristen Carreira's only credited screen appearances, for any TV show or movie.

4 This episode opens with a scene set in present day Ho Chi Minh City (but filmed in Oahu).

5 Maggie Poole has been promoted from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander.

6 Higgins mentions that Michelle has an "oriental heritage", which would make her a Eurasian (French-Asian).

7 T.C. is seen wearing a bright yellow Eddie Robinson (legendary Grambling State football coach) t-shirt. T.C. played Tight End at Grambling back in the late 60's.

8 Higgins stages a reenactment of the famous Renaissance painting "the Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli. The painting is also seen up close briefly.

9 The Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples is again used as a filming location. It was previously seen in "Tropical Madness" (2.7), "Did You See the Sunrise? (2)" (3.2) and "The Arrow That is Not Aimed" (3.14).

10 Deborah Pratt, the writer of this episode, is also the actress who played T.C's girlfriend Gloria in the fourth and fifth seasons. At the time this episode was written, she was married to Donald P. Bellisario.

11 Higgins speaks French, but Magnum apparently does not. In Season One's "China Doll" (1.3), Magnum is semi-fluent in French.

12 Towards the end, after the car crash, when Magnum is leaning over Michelle, there is nice shot with the camera looking up at Magnum (from Michelle's point of view on the ground) and the sun is peaking out from behind his head. This exact same shot was seen in "Memories Are Forever (2)" (2.6), only with the roles reversed (Michelle was looking down at Magnum).

13 A slightly different version of "Michelle's Theme", first heard in "Memories Are Forever (2)" (2.6), is played over the closing credits.

Quotes

1
Magnum: Saigon. April 30, 1975. No matter how hard I tried, I could never put that day completely out of my mind. A chaotic ending to a chaotic time. A war that kept changing, even in retrospect. And every time I thought I'd put it behind me, it crept up, and tapped me on the shoulder. (Narration)

2
Magnum: Unanswered questions. I used to think that it was in Vietnam where I first came across the problem of living with "unanswered questions", but later I realized that I'd known about that for years, probably since I was five years old. Questions like, "Why isn't dad coming home?", or "Where is he?". Michelle had said she couldn't give me the answers to the questions she knew I must have, and now there were even greater questions - Where was Michelle? And what kind of trouble was she in? There was only one person I could think of who could definitely give me some answers. (Narration)
(cut to NIA headquarters and Lt. Cmdr. Maggie Poole)

Flubs

1 Col. Buck Greene's last name is incorrectly shown as 'Green' in the opening credits.

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